Parenting With Depression: Why Getting Mental Health Help Is Part of Caring for Your Kids

Podcast: Giving Voice to Depression: Real Stories & Expert Support for Depression and Mental Health · Recovery.com

Opublikowano: 2026-11-03

What does it mean to parent while living with depression and anxiety? In this episode of Giving Voice to Depression, Laura, a mother of two, shares her long mental health journey and the hard-won lesson that getting help is not a departure from parenting. It can be part of caring for the people you love. Laura talks about perfectionism, trying to keep every part of family life running, and what happened when the pressure became too much. After a severe panic attack and a major depressive episode, she entered intensive outpatient treatment. She also describes the difficult...